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  • jennifernil
    jennifernil Posts: 5,783 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts
    I got one a short while ago, my provider let it straight through. Have deleted it without clicking any links.
  • short_bird
    short_bird Posts: 4,068 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Yep, pair of emails arrived here
    Only to email I use for MSE
    With my user name in main body of text and subject line.

    Hey, Martin, who have you annoyed lately?
    Apart from the insurance companies:)
    And the banks:rotfl:

    :beer: to all at MSE IT deparment.
    ‘Keep your eye on the donut and not on the hole.’ David Lynch.
    "It’s a beautiful day with golden sunshine and blue skies all the way.” David Lynch.
  • peachyprice
    peachyprice Posts: 22,346 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    I got that email today, about an hour or 2 ago. But it wasn't to my usual username. It was to an AE is set up in Jan 2009 when I was PPR'd which I have't used since.

    It looked very amateur so I deleted it immediately.
    Accept your past without regret, handle your present with confidence and face your future without fear
  • I got one this morning too.
  • signed up april 2009 no e mail as yet
  • BLUEWKD
    BLUEWKD Posts: 6,800 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    I'm joining the club as I got one as well. The email address it came from was business@moneyexpert.com Mine arrived at 08.45 and was in my virgin spam.
    Be thankful for what you have because it could all be taken away tomorrow.;)


  • RazWaz
    RazWaz Posts: 1,070 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    New user, no email. Hope this helps.
  • meher
    meher Posts: 15,910 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    You know this is happening on hotmail addresses - I receive very awkward emails from friends and relatives, probably those who have me on their contact list - the kind that comes from nigeria and canada drug companies. They are not sending it. It's a sort of virus that gets into the contact database and sends emails. So it's not as if the email addresses have been actually compromised - it's more like the virus is doing the job. I'm not techi, just guessing. Gmail has a different version - emails from 'me', my own email address keeps get sent out to myself and it goes directly to spam. Now that's a genuine hack because I actually lost an account. I then changed passwords and it never happened again. I don't know where all these email addresses are stored. It probably needs anti virus protection. Or probably stored in a machine that's not used for any other purpose but sending emails.
  • rach29
    rach29 Posts: 2,503 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    I got one of these today. I've deleted it.
    Thanks to all who post comps :A :T
  • NualaBuala
    NualaBuala Posts: 2,507 Forumite
    I got one this morning.

    Didn't know I had it till I saw this thread and checked my spam filter.
    Trying to spend less time on MSE so I can get more done ... it's not going great so far! :)
    Sorry if I don't reply to posts - I'm having MAJOR trouble keeping up these days!

    Frugal Living Challenge 2011

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